Technology Insights
NOVEMBER 2019
"The reality is that you can make very meaningful measurements that significantly reduce uncertainty at almost no cost and with no additional work."
- Vince Dasta, Associate Director
Powerful Insights Podcast: Cyber Risk Quantification
Protiviti Associate Director Vince Dasta discusses why cyber risk quantification is critical to a successful cyber risk program.
"Companies have a lot of tools and a lot of information at their disposal to fight cyber crime, but most companies struggle to turn that data into usable information that helps them make decisions about the way that they manage their programs and understand the risks to their organization.
Being able to do that in business terms – the way they would look at any other type of enterprise risk – is something that companies are starting to realize is possible, and there’s a lot of interest in doing that now coming from the top all the way down, from the board of directors all the way to the practitioners that have to do this every day." Listen Now
Client Story: Global Contract Manufacturer Strengthens Risk Controls
U.S. regulators are increasingly focused on preventing trade dollars flowing to “bad actor” countries and regimes known for their sponsorship of terrorism, drug trafficking, bribery and corruption, and a range of other criminal activities. Doing that job, however, is putting more pressure on organizations to verify the source of their materials and labor. Those who neglect to do so risk steep financial penalties, brand damage and product disruptions, to name just a few adverse consequences associated with running afoul of regulations. Read More
New Thought Leadership: AI in the Technology Industry
On the Blog...
Project Cortex Unveiled at Microsoft Ignite
By: Antonio Maio
Project Cortex will help enterprises organize their corporate data. The new cloud service from Microsoft uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically and intelligently process content so organizations can immediately start to turn that data into knowledge. The solution leverages AI to make sense of content shared across teams and system. It can recognize content types, extract important information, and automatically organize content into shared topics. Read More
Building a Privacy Function, From the Ground Up
By: Kevin Strope and Stephen Nation
Consumer data. Who’s collecting it? How is it being used? What regulations are being put in place that can impact how my organization collects, stores, processes and transfers that data? These are the types of questions that we hear over and over again from many of our clients, who are realizing that they are now faced with some of the most stringent privacy laws for their industries that have ever existed in the U.S., Canada, the European Union and around the world. Read More
Cloud Governance, Demystified
By: Samir Datt and Tom McKernan
In today’s digital world, the need for organizations to align cloud capabilities with business requirements grows every day. While cloud provides dynamic flexibility and scale, it requires organizations to maximize information security to protect their brand reputation from unplanned service disruptions. A lack of governance also significantly increases the risk of data vulnerability. So, what is the answer to this dynamic and challenging technology landscape? Cloud governance. Read More
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